Students in grades 6 to 12 who report having taken part in any type of volunteer activities outside of school requirements and without being paid in the last 12 months

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2021-2022 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
56.5
56.1 - 56.9
58.4
71.7
73.5
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
54.1
53.3 - 54.9
56.4
71.6
74.4
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
60.3
59.5 - 61.1
62.2
70.1
72.5
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
59.0
58.1 - 59.9
61.4
69.8
72.7
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
53.7
52.1 - 55.4
55.1
79.2
75.6
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
49.2
46.8 - 51.7
48.7
67.1
72.3
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
50.6
49.2 - 52.1
51.4
77.4
75.3
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
58.9
57.2 - 60.7
60.2
73.8
72.8
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
55.5
53.3 - 57.7
54.1
76.3
76.5
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
50.9
48.5 - 53.4
52.8
75.9
74.1
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
48.3
45.1 - 51.4
48.5
66.1
72.9
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
44.0
40.2 - 47.7
47.7
80.4
74.1
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
50.6
46.8 - 54.5
49.1
68.4
71.7
Dieppe and Memramcook
53.1
51.1 - 55.2
56.5
84.4
84.7
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
53.4
48.3 - 58.5
63.5
74.0
71.8
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
53.4
51.1 - 55.7
54.0
78.8
75.7
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
58.9
56.8 - 61.0
61.0
68.5
70.8
Fredericton
61.0
59.7 - 62.3
62.4
72.0
76.2
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
62.4
81.5
77.2
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
55.6
52.9 - 58.3
58.8
77.1
78.3
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
53.9
47.6 - 60.1
57.0
69.0
72.0
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
50.1
45.5 - 54.7
50.4
82.9
67.7
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
59.5
55.4 - 63.6
58.8
64.3
72.3
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
59.8
57.9 - 61.6
61.3
73.0
72.4
Moncton
53.8
52.7 - 54.9
56.0
68.2
72.1
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
64.3
60.3 - 68.2
66.2
72.7
76.9
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
51.9
46.5 - 57.4
51.5
81.6
76.5
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
61.0
56.5 - 65.6
63.6
67.3
65.3
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
52.4
50.2 - 54.5
57.9
64.6
68.8
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
57.8
54.0 - 61.7
58.3
68.2
70.4
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
64.8
63.3 - 66.3
67.2
73.1
74.0
Riverview and Coverdale
59.6
57.4 - 61.9
61.3
67.6
71.6
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
63.6
60.1 - 67.0
64.0
72.6
73.4
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
57.8
56.6 - 59.1
60.3
68.3
72.0
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
56.7
53.9 - 59.6
58.0
63.8
68.2
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
45.5
42.4 - 48.6
49.4
72.5
79.6
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
47.7
44.0 - 51.4
46.2
77.4
78.1
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
60.2
56.5 - 64.0
60.2
68.1
69.3
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
60.7
57.9 - 63.5
60.2
73.6
73.8
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
58.8
56.2 - 61.4
61.1
65.3
70.8
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
48.0
45.1 - 51.0
51.7
78.0
72.9
School districts
Anglophone East School District
57.4
56.4 - 58.4
58.7
66.1
70.1
Anglophone North School District
60.2
58.8 - 61.6
58.9
68.4
69.8
Anglophone South School District
60.3
59.4 - 61.1
62.4
70.0
72.1
Anglophone West School District
59.1
58.2 - 60.0
61.4
68.5
71.9
Anglophone sector
59.2
58.7 - 59.7
60.8
68.5
71.3
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
46.9
45.5 - 48.3
49.2
78.6
75.9
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
53.3
51.6 - 55.1
54.6
80.6
76.9
District scolaire francophone Sud
50.1
48.9 - 51.3
54.2
80.9
82.7
Francophone sector
49.7
48.9 - 50.5
52.7
80.1
79.2
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
53.8
53.1 - 54.4
56.9
73.0
75.1
Grades 9 to 12
58.4
57.9 - 59.0
59.5
70.9
72.5
Gender
Woman/Girl
62.3
61.7 - 62.9
64.0
n/a
n/a
Man/Boy
51.7
51.1 - 52.3
54.1
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
52.9
50.9 - 54.8
52.4
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
61.3
60.7 - 61.9
62.6
77.4
n/a
Male
51.5
50.9 - 52.1
54.1
65.7
n/a
Sexual identity
Minority sexual identity
55.1
54.2 - 56.0
54.4
n/a
n/a
Heterosexual
57.9
57.4 - 58.4
60.3
n/a
n/a
LGBTQ2+ Status
LGBTQ2+ person
55.0
54.0 - 55.9
54.3
n/a
n/a
Non LGBTQ2+ person
57.9
57.4 - 58.4
60.3
n/a
n/a
Race
White
58.5
58.0 - 59.0
60.9
n/a
n/a
South Asian
54.4
50.4 - 58.5
55.8
n/a
n/a
Other
58.4
55.4 - 61.4
59.2
n/a
n/a
Middle Eastern
56.0
53.0 - 59.0
59.9
n/a
n/a
Latino
56.4
53.2 - 59.5
57.4
n/a
n/a
East/Southeast Asian
52.8
50.8 - 54.8
52.3
n/a
n/a
Black
52.1
50.1 - 54.1
55.7
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
56.2
54.4 - 57.9
57.3
67.1
70.2
Non-Indigenous
57.2
56.7 - 57.6
59.1
72.5
73.7
Food poverty
Food poverty
48.8
47.2 - 50.4
46.3
n/a
n/a
No food poverty
57.1
56.7 - 57.6
59.3
n/a
n/a
Immigrant
Immigrants
55.2
54.0 - 56.5
57.1
74.1
n/a
Non-immigrants
56.7
56.3 - 57.2
58.6
71.5
n/a
Special needs
Has a special need
57.5
56.8 - 58.2
58.3
n/a
n/a
No special need
56.0
55.5 - 56.5
58.5
n/a
n/a
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data suppressed due to confidentiality requirements and/or small sample size

About

This indicator is the percentage of students in grades 6 to 12 who report having taken part in any type of volunteer activities outside of school requirements and without being paid in the last 12 months.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Student Wellness Survey - Grades 6-12

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "yes" by the number of respondents who answered "yes or no" . This indicators is based on respondents who answered at least 1 of the following 5 questions about volunteer activities outside of school: In the last 12 months, did you take part in any of the following volunteer activities (outside of school requirements and without being paid)? Supporting a cause (e.g. food bank, UNICEF, Operation Christmas Child), fund raising (e.g. charity, school trips), helping in my community (e.g. coaching sports, helping at Sunday School, volunteering at hospital), helping neighbours or relatives (e.g. cutting grass, babysitting, shovelling snow) and doing other organized volunteer activity.

Notes

Users are advised to exercise caution if comparing data from the community of Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area to other New Brunswick communities. The data for the community of Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area is based on students in grades 6 to 8, while data from the other communities are based on students in grades 6 to 12. Survey results are assigned to communities based on the location of the school. The community of Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area does not have any schools with grades 9 to 12.

Unit

%

Interpretation

Higher is better

NBHC code

SH_VOLAT_1

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